Event 498

{
  "category": "InfoOps",
  "confidence": "High",
  "country": "Baltic Sea Region",
  "description": "Moscow continues to conduct propaganda operations targeting the Baltic states, using platforms like TikTok and Telegram after many Russian websites have been banned in the region. A leaked batch of reports suggests that these efforts have yielded limited success among the Baltic population due to media restrictions and active countermeasures. Russian propaganda focuses on promoting Kremlin narratives, emphasizing histories aligned with Soviet perspectives and undermining Western institutions, but overall penetration into Baltic societies remains low.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-08-05T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2332275/moscow-s-propaganda-in-baltics-achieves-limited-success-lrt-investigation",
    "Moscow’s mouthpieces continue to spread propaganda and lies in the Baltic states, but a leaked hatch of reports suggests that their results have been quite limited.",
    "TikTok and Telegram are their channels of choice after most of their websites have been banned."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "evidence": [
          "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2332275/moscow-s-propaganda-in-baltics-achieves-limited-success-lrt-investigation",
          "Moscow’s mouthpieces continue to spread propaganda and lies in the Baltic states, but a leaked hatch of reports suggests that their results have been quite limited.",
          "TikTok and Telegram are their channels of choice after most of their websites have been banned."
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "ScreenshotOne capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_498_1764196270_ef8d2864.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1.0,
  "summary_extended": "Despite ongoing efforts by Moscow to influence public opinion in the Baltic states through propaganda, these campaigns have achieved limited impact according to a leaked series of reports. The Kremlin’s propagandists primarily use social media platforms TikTok and Telegram, adapting to bans on Russian websites in the region. The propaganda messages seek to promote Soviet nostalgia, challenge Western alignment, and criticize Baltic governments, yet Baltic authorities’ restrictive measures and public skepticism have kept the reach and effectiveness of these campaigns constrained. This reveals a resilient Baltic media environment and societal resistance to Kremlin disinformation, though monitoring continues due to the evolving nature of hybrid influence operations.",
  "summary_short": "Moscow's propaganda efforts in the Baltic states largely fail to gain significant traction, relying on TikTok and Telegram after bans on many Russian sites.",
  "url": "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2332275/moscow-s-propaganda-in-baltics-achieves-limited-success-lrt-investigation"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "propaganda",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "EE;LV;LT",
  "Date": "5-Aug-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2332275/moscow-s-propaganda-in-baltics-achieves-limited-success-lrt-investigation",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "??Moscow propaganda in Baltics achieves limited success",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "??Moscow propaganda in Baltics achieves limited success",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}